ALEXANDRIA, Va., Nov. 3 -- United States Patent no. 12,780,539, issued on Nov. 3, was assigned to Daifuku Co. Ltd. (Osaka, Japan) and Taiwan Daifuku Co. Ltd. (Tainan-city, Taiwan).
"Transport vehicle" was invented by Tomotaka Kinugawa (Hinocho, Japan) and Jia-Yang Shen (Tainan-city, Taiwan).
According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A holder includes a holder body, a holding part supported in a manner movable in a first direction relative to the holder body, and a holding part driver that drives the holding part. The holding part includes a supported portion supported by the holder body, a base extending downward from the supported portion, and an extension extending from the base in the first direction. ...